See how bees sense a flower's electric field

in some parts of the world — including domesticated honeybees as well as many native bees and other pollinators — research like this is more important than ever. We still don't fully understand what's killing bee populations, or what might save them, so we need to learn as much as we can about their biology while there's still time. Even if we can't sense the electric fields emanating from flowers, we'd certainly feel the shock of